Not that the install base of Silverlight is so big, but it might still be nice to have a working browser plug-in for non-Windows platforms.
The brave developers of the Mono Project have released a beta version of Moonlight 1.0, which is an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix systems.
Check this nice article on Ars Technica for more details or surf to the Moonlight website to grab it right away.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft, mono, Mono Project, Moonlight, Novell, Silverlight, Unix